Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1928, Page 4

7 HOOVER PROGRESS LAUDED BY HUGHES Speaker Declares Election Is Choice Between Two Men; Backs Farm Palicy. By the Assoclated Prets. NEW YORK, November 2.—Charles Evans Hughes, speaking last night in Brooklyn, hailed Hérbert Hoover as “the apostle of co-operation” and “an engi- meer of progress,” and asserted that “Republican success on election day is the best insurance policy we can write.” Quoting liberally from Mr. Hoover's writings and public statements and from | the campaign speeches of Gov. Smith, the former Secretary of State said the election “is a choice between two men.” “I have not disparaged the ability or achievements of Gov. Smith,” he said, but as between Smith and Hoover, I prefer Hoover.” Condemning campaiguers’ attacks on Americanisrz, he declared: “Any intelligent pers'n whe attempts his Americanism desorves the 4 contempt of all fair-minded As a ~-ndidate for the Chief of ™ Nation * * * hej conspicuously superior. His | !d be a national calamily. “The keynote of Hoover's pro- is individual opport posd to unnecessary g His purpose, in his own words, is: To build in this Nation a human fety, not an econo to increase th of our Naticn. but its s happier homes." Needs of Raber. “IY u in the light of the necessity of <edom of honest enter- Joover deals with the . e e is continu- # * That he finds prebi: of nalional concern, 2s show 1 that it is one which €JVeInment may .. in solving.” Quoting Gov. Smith’s definition of a “stand-patter” as “a man who did not want to take a chance on anything,” Mr. Hughes said: “Mr. Hoover is not a stand-patter; he i3 a builder, an engineer of progress. * * * But he is not willing to gamble with the Nation’s future. “I believe it is the American taxpayer, * ® * the business man, who sees no reoson for taking & chance * * with the uncertainties of Democratic policies, who knows that confidence is an essential psychological factor in pros- peris Mr. Hughes indorsed the Republican nominee’s tariff policies and questioned Gov. Smith's ability to force his own tariffl views upon a hostile Congress. “In tariff matters,” he said, “it is not simply actual measures that count, but agitation and uncertainties which dis- turb confidence and vex business.” Backs Farm Aid Policy. Similarly, Mr. Hughes dealt with Hoo- ver's farm relief and water power poli- cies, quoting from the speeches of both candidates to illustrate his contention that Hoover’s views on both issues are “sound and workable.” Of prohibition he said: “It is my deliberate opinion that there is no chance of modification of the eighteenth amendment. * * ¢ I am confident that the eountry never ‘would accept enforcement hy a wet as S ')2“ :l( prohibition ™ : r. Hughes, replyin what le- scribed as an attack 051 by nh?:d- ing Democratic newspaper. for support- ing Hoover, dwelt at some length on an intimation in the mewspaper that he might have been more active in pre- venting the transfer of the Nation’s grl:t};:sel under the Harding adminis- final PRINCE GEORGES CLAIMED BY BOTH NATIONAL PARTIES (Continued From First Page.) how they may affiliate with local party organizations. There is a large num- ber of colored voters in the county, in its southern portion. In mfiw& natiohal camj they ‘This most have can. that the col split up between Smith and Hoover. Prince Georges County, in 1920, gave Har 6,600 votes and Cox 4,854. The vote of the county for President in 1924 was as follows: Coolidge, 5,868; Davis, 5088; La PFollette, 1,483. The county belongs to the fifth Maryland congressional district, which is now represented in the House of Repre- sentatives by Representative Stephen Gambrill, Democrat, of Howard County, but for many years before Mr. Gambrill was first elected, in 1924, it was represented in the National House by Republican Representatives, first by the late Sydney E. Mudd, and after an interval by his son, of the same name, who died after several terms. From a detached viewpoint, The Star correspondent, after talking with men and women in official position and members of the rank and file of both major parties and all the various fac- tions in almost every section of the county, gained the im) that, unless there is some unexpected turn- over, Hoover will carry the county. The Democrats, however, are expecting such a turnover in favor of Smith, or, 2t least, they are devotedly hoping for it. Many Will Scratoh Smith. In the last congressional election Representative Gamorill carried the county, receiving 6,071 votes, while his Republican opponent, Thomas B. R. Mudd of La Plata, in Charles County, brother of the late. Sydmey E. Mudd, r., received in Prince Georges a total of 4,879 votes. The Star correspondent discovered many Democrats who intend to “knife” Smith for President and vote for Gambrill for Congress. ‘This year Representative Gambrill's opponent is Oliver Metzerott, who lives in the Chillum election district of Prince Georges County, and is well known in Washi . Whichever way the fifth congressional district, as a whole, may vote in the congressional race, present indications are that Mr. Metzerott's home county will give him a majority. The Democratic National and State tickets in Prince Georges are gaining in the opinion of the regular Democratic leaders of the county. George N. Palmer of Seat Pleasant, chairman of the Demacratic State cen- tral committee for Prince Georges County, takes that view of the situa- tion. “From what I hear,” said Mr. Pal- mer to The Star, “conditions from the Democratic standpoint are getting bet~ ter all the time in the county. The big registration, I believe, will help our ticket, both National and State. I am not_greatly worried, over the so-called anti-Smith Democrats, as I am confi- dent that many, who a few weeks ago planned to vote for Hoover, will come back into the Democratic fold Novem- ber 6. I have personal knowledge of several such cases.” Duckett Sees Vietory. T. Howard Duckett, whose home is in Hyattsville, and who -is an organiza- tion Democrat and chairman of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- mission, said, “I think we will c: small majority—from 200 to 500." ‘The organization Republicans are mare than usually confident of a Hoo- ver vietory. “There is no question about Hoover County,” sald arry Prince Georges County for Smith by & | 4,, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1928 the white Democrats in that neighbor- hood were going to vote for Hoover. Most of them intend to vote for Gam- brill, Democratic candidate for Con- gress, but others will vote, they say, the straight Republican ticket. J. Frank Parran of Brandywine, State’s attorney and a Republican, is confident that the county will go for Hoover by a majority of 1,000, which he thinks is a conservative estimate. 8. G. Coale of Upper Marlboro, mem- ber of the Republican committee, esti- mates the Hoover majority as high as 2,000. He told The Star carrespondent that the eolored Catholics are being or- ganized for Smith, but that defections of this sort will, in his opinion, be more than offset by the switch of Protestant Democrats to Hoover. Hope for Rel{(lmn Swing. Several of the organization Democrats, who are claiming the county for Smith, base their claims frankly on the hope that large numbers, if not all, of the colored Catholics of the county will vote for Smith, which would mean a distinct gain, since most of them heretofore have been in the Republican party. The Star correspondent had a very frank talk with a prominent Democrat, who is known all over the county and is a staunch supporter of Smith; a man whose official nosition brings him into close contact with men and women of all parties and factions. For obvious reasons he did not desive to be quoted in a public statement, but had no objection to explaining the situation as he sees it. The county is so close in this cam- Enlm that it may go either way, in is opinion. +He and other regular Democratic leaders believe that the col- ored voters hold the balance of power as things stand today and it is a ques- tion of how the bulk of them will vote. If most of them line up with the Re- publicans, as they have done for the most part in the past, this man believes Hoover will ceriainly carry the county. If they “go Democratic” in large num- bers this year Smith will win the county, in his opinion. From this same source the opinion was obtained that Representative Gam- brill would run ahead of Smith and will probably win, unless the “slicing” of Smith is very heavy among the Democrats, in which case Gambrill may suffer from the general defection. ‘The section of Prince Georges County nearest to Washi is usually Re- publican, especially in national elections. It often s Democratic, however, in the election of some local officers. Democratic leaders, when speaking “off the record,” admit that the county is “apt to go Republican” in national elections, but that the Republicans usually do not elect their full ticket, as ticket splitting is quite customary. One Democratic leader declared that if the election had been held three weeks ago the county would have gone 1,500 for Hoover. Since then he thinks Smith has been picking up some strength here and there—enough to make the situation closer thran it was. Registration No Guide. Many persons in the county, who live in the incorporated towns and other communities near the District line, are Republicans by “bringing up,” even though they may be registered as Demo- crats and may vote in local elections for Democratic officials for reasons of policy. These men and, women are count upon to vote for Hoover for President without question. “I have never seen such a time as this,” said one prominent Democrat to The Star. “Families are divided.- A man and his wife, in many instances, have registered as belonging to apposite parties. In such cases usually the hus- band is for Smith and the wife for Hoover. Sons and daughters of voting age are deciding the questions for them- selves, and going both ways in the same mily. The situation is in a pretty muddle.” Religion is the underlying issue, say most observers and party leaders throughout the county. The liquor is- sue is playing, they say, a minor part in Prince Georges County, as are all carryi Prince rges, Mrs. Lulu A. Bickford of Berwyn, actin chairman of the Republican State cen+ tral committee for the county, “from the reports that I have recelved. “It is merely a question as to how many votes we will win by. Some.of the best workers the G. O. P. has are the so-called Hoovercrats. For the most part these are not only supporting Hoo- ver, but the whole Re} ticket.” There are evidences everywhere The Star correspondent went in this county “Such an hfl)flullon." he said, “is absolutely false.” None of those leases,"” he declared, “was decided upon in any cabinet meeting. * * * I knew noth- ing. whatever about-them. The same may be said of President Coolidge and Mr. Hoover. That sort of calumny aflronts common sense the American people.” Rebuking attacks upon Hoover’s citi- penship, Mr. Hughes traced the nomi- nee’s career from his Towa childhood through his’work as a young engineer to the stage where Hoover's broadening activities took him abroad “to practice his profession in.many countries.” Need Hoover’s Ability. “In all this work abroad,” he said, “Hoover personified the intelligence, resourcefuiness and humanity of Amer- ica. Such ability (as Hoover exhibited during the post-war reconstruction of Europe) is not to be held lightly at a time like this. The American are ggln.g ‘w_ need it, and need it “Mr. Hoover is seeking not to ag- grandize the government, but the in- dividual; * * * to make this govern- ment the individual's servant, not his master. * ¢ * It is on this view that be is absolutely opposed to the un- warrantable extension of bureaucratic government, * * * ~ “In his actiyitles he has thrown a welcome light upon’ departmental aims and practices. He believes in the im- riance of regulation in the public terest. * * * But he desires * * * methods to establish without govern- mental dictation a more efficient pro- duction.” Hoover’s view of international peace, Mr. Hughes said, is not “simply in the ying down of the arms of nations, # * * International peace must be fol~ lowed by industrial peace as the essen- tial condition of progress in democracy. His measure of our national prosperity is ‘the measure that we may risk through a change in present policies.’ " The -nominee’s farm relief policy, Mr. Hughes said, proposes assistance by the Government, but control of the re- lief agencies by the farmers them- selves. There is no controversy, he said, between Gov. Smith and Hoover on “retention of Government owner- ship of water power sites owned by the State or the Federal Government.” “The test comes,” he said, “in opera- tion. * * * If there is any question of importance presented on this subject, it 15 whether the principle (of Govern- ment ownership and private operation) ghall be abandoned and the Nation and the State shall go into the business of generating, distributing and selling electric power.” Mr. Hughes indorsed also the candi- |/ dacy of former Ambassador Houghton, Republican candidate for the United States Senate, and Attorney General Ottinger, gubernatorial nominee. “In voting for Herbert Hoover,” he said, “we shall do our utmost to pro- mote the prosperity which is the foun- dation of progress. Republican success on_electionl day is the best insurance policy we can write.” Pisca Lives in the Past. In the business sense Pisca in Italy is dead. In the sense of art and beauty it is eternal and ineffable. Pisca’s strects are white and clean and still The zutomobile horn, instead of being ceascless, as in Paris, Genoa or Rome, is seldom heard, even on the via Solferino. Pisca’s Broadway, like the road to heaven, has only here and there a traveler. The quictude does not qualify { tne magnificence of the palaces which Pisca built in the days of her glory, ‘before Genoa and Florence got the city by the throat. On the contrary, the commercial decline of the city has so of substantial anti-Smith sentiment among Demograts, but so_far as has been Cur- tis CIi that at Seat Pleasant. J. resident of this club. He abcut 250 members, all whom are Democrats. Mr. Klock says the Democrats in this club are not bolt- their party as a whole, but are merely opposed to Gov. Smith f.r Pres- ident, ‘bfieuuu thg{. :lelieve him to be “generally unacceptable.” ‘eA oy Demh(:r‘:flc IM{J and organization man, wha lives near Upj Marlboro and is well acquainted Wwith conditions all over the county, told The Star correspondent & few days ago that the eount; was then n, but that the ts were making gains. He said the real issue was religion, al- though it was camoufiaged by the liquor question in many instances. Some Farmers Incensed. This writer made a personal investi- gation of conditions in the extreme southern and rural sections of the county this week, talking to many voters. He found .evu:l farmers, who are standing stanchly b ythe presiden- tial nominee of the Democratic party, incensed because Protestant ministers were using their influence against Smith or giving notice at Sunday church serv- ices of political meetings to be held during the week in the interest of Hoo- ver. men are Protestants. On the other hand, the wives of these same men said openly that they were for Hoover. One of them, however, sald that her husband felt so deeply on the subject that she might refrain from voting in order to keep the hmflaruce. 1t was stated as a fact by sevel - Smith Democrats in this Aquasco district—that section—the per cent of § | other issues raised in the campaign. ¥ 3 MRS. WILSON MAKE FIRST SMITH SPEECH War President’s Widow Urges Election at Campaign Luncheon of Women's Democratic Club. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson made her first political speech urging the election of Gov. Smith. at the campaign luncheon yesterday of the Women's Democratic Club, of which she is an honorary president. Mrs, Wilson told of her personal ac- quaintance with the governor and Mrs, Smith, having first met them when she and President Wilson returned from the Peace Conference. She eapecially emphasized the charm and graciousness of Mrs, Smith as a woman well fitted to be “First Lady of the Land." Mrs. Wilson long ago announced her support of Gov. Smith for, the presi- dency and attended the nominating convention in Houston. She sent a cablegram from Geneva urging his elec- tion and came home e to vote for him. She was an honored guest on the platform at the Smith in Baltimore. e Man Busy Fishing at 105. Although past 105, Daniel Robinson of Maghery, Ireland, is still bug fish- ing. He seldom misses a day with hook and line, and when out fishing with his grandson recently caught 20 . Robi- son lives with his son, who is 75, and both draw old age pensions. In the house next to him are his granddaugh- ter and baby great-grandson, The aged man declares that he has never been sick a day in his life. He does not smoke, drinks very little and prefers buttermilk to porter. ALMAMATER PLANS HOOVER'S ACCLAIM Stanford University and Palo Alto Will Celebrate Nom- inee’s Return Home. By the Assoclated Press. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif, November 2.—When Herbert Hoover, Republican presidential nominee, re- turns to his home town and alma mater here next Monday he will receive the acclaim to which faculty, students and townspeople belleve their heloved son entitled. Knowing that Mr. Hoover was never “much of a hand for a lot of fuss,” the reception will be in keeping with his temperament, but whole-souled withal. The Stanford University Band will head the official welcomers. Old friends who “knew him when” will be at the station at Palo Alto to shake his hand, if g(.m- sible; and the school children of Palo Alto will signify their interest if pres- ent plans go forward. Brother Aids Plans. Prof. Theodore Hoover, the candi- date's brother, who is a member of the Stanford faculty, is expected to take the nominee in tow and with others of the university escort him to his home on the campus. Here at his home, sur- rounded by political aids, members of his family, a few correspondents and such friends as may drop in, Mr. Hoo- ver expects to await the verdict of the voters on his claims for the presidency. Mr. Hoover will vote, probably early in the morning, at a poiling place on the Stanford campus. With a special Asso- ciated Press wire into his home he will kesp in touch throughout election day with developments over the Nation. Plans to Take Rest. At night he will keep in close touch with this same wire to ascertain at the carliest possible moment whether he has been elected. Regardless of the outcome, it is un- derstcod that Mr. Hoover expects to take a rest after his campaign labors, Although he is said to be in good > cal condition, plans are being shaj in anticipation of this desire. SMITH’S LABOR VIEWS ATTACKED BY THOMAS Socialist Standard-Beater Raps Democratic Candidate's “Evasive” Stand on “Injunction Evil.” By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, November 2.—Fol- lowing on the heels of Gov. Smith's Newark speech, Norman Thomas, So- cialist candidate for President, told au- diences here and in Passaic last night that the governor's labor program “was evasive,” “inadequate” and “Indefinite.” Thomas appealed to “the rank and file of labor to speak plainly to the paoliti- cians in and out of labor's ranks,” by rolling up a big vote for the Socialist ticket. On unemployment Mr. Thomas termed Gov. Smith's views “amazingly inadequate for a man who claims to be nof g if not practical.” Referring to injunctions Thomas said that Smith “matched the Republicans in evasions.” “Labor wants the abilition of in- junctions in labor disputes,” he said. “In eight years this ‘happy warrior’ has done nothing effective against the in- Jjunction evil."* el B Guatemalan to Take Course. Lieut. Rodolfo Mendoza of the Guate- malan army has been authorized by the Secretary of War io take the engine mechanics’ course at the Air Corps Technical School, Rantoul, Ill, begin- ning November 5. THE MORRI PLAN BANK . Under Supervision U. 8, Treasury emphasized these beautiful buildings that they shine forth as perfect monu- ments of the past. All Pisca is & monus OBl - oo e e v Go to the Classified Section of the Star to supply your wants If you for sale have something or exchange— whether its a baby car- riage or a house—if you are seeking a position or somebody to fill one—if you want rooms or room- ers—no matter what it be—you’ll be gratified with the results from a properly classified adver- tisement in The Star. Most everybody reads The Star regularly — consequently Star Classified Ads Bring Prompt Responses PLAN ROOF RENEWAL. D. C. Heads Ask Bide on Work at ‘Western Market. Bids were asked by the District Com- missioners today for the work of re- newing the roof of Western Market. The bids will be opened at the District Building November 15. Congress appropriated $35,000 to cover this item, among others, for re- building and repair of the market. GEN. ALLEN ATTACKS G. 0. P. VETERANS’ AID Declares Party Is Indifferent To- ward War Veterans—Praises Gov. Smith. By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass, November 2.— "Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, chairman of the national Democratic veterans' bu- reau, speaking here last night, charged the Republican administration with “in- difference” toward war veterans, and praised Gov, Smith's record of provid- ing aid for the veterans as governor of New York. “The bill which would have given to the survivors of the Army of the Potomac and to widows of its dead a reasonable pension was vetoed by Presi- dertt: Coolidge,” Gen, Allen said. “This veto suggests the attitude of the Re- publican party toward war veterans and their needs. . “Gov. Smith, as chief executive of the Empire State, has met problems in- volving the welfare of veterans in greater degree than any other man in public life. Largely through his in- strumentality, the veterans of that State have recefved better treatment than those of any other State.” PEEK FARM POLICY Illinois Man Depressed Prices During War, Senator Charges. By the Associated Press: SPRINGFIELD, IIl, November 2.— George N. Peek, chairman of the Smith independent organizations committee, bore the brunt of an attack by Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa in an address here last night. Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, whose address in Chicago this week inspired the attack, was also criticized. Mr. Peek was described as a “pur- veyor of falsehoods.” On him Senator Brookhart lald the blame for Senator Reed’s charges that Herbert Hoover during and after the war held down farm product prices. “The only prices Hoover ever tried to hold down,” Senator Brookhart said, “were the prices of the speculators and the gamblers.” Calls Policy “Vicions.” Senator Brookhart said Mr. Peek had been discharged as head of an indus- trial board in the Department of Com- merce, under President Wilson, and the board destroyed because of Peek's “viclous policy” in reduction of farm prices. Mr, Peek later was one of the backers of the McNary-Haugen bill, opposed by Senator Reed. “In ,view of this it is astonishing to see Senator Reed in the same political ged with Peek,” said Senator Brook- art. Senator Brookhart read a letter Mr. Hoover wrote to President Wilson July THE BOYS SHOP ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE P-B STORE BROOKHART RAPS ¢ 10, 1917, which, he said, sets at rest doubt as to Mr. Hoover's position. In the letter, Mr. Hoover said wheat had sold as high as $3.25 at Chicago, and that flour from time to time had been based on this speculative price of wheat, but the farmer had only re- ceived an average of $1.51 a bushel. ‘The President was advised it was neces- sary to adopt systematic measures which would eliminate possibility of speculation, cure extortionate profits, effect proper distribution and restric- gnn on exports within our own protec- lon, bushel at Chicago,” sald the Senator. “This is the most important fact in reference to tprice fixing of wheat, but Peek did not tell Senator Reed t-lx‘::l"thg gen-lu:vr did not mention ‘'The Senator #lso forgot that he had & hand in fixing the pricc of wheat himself and that the Senate, by a unanimous vote, fixed a minimum’ for 1918 wheat at $2 a bushel, or 26 cents less than President Wilson's board fixed it for Hoover. 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